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# Skandapurana 2

English (machine translation) 2

- **Language:** English

## Contents

- [2.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.0) — 43 parts
- [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1) — 41 parts
- [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2) — 51 parts
- [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.3) — 11 parts
- [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4) — 41 parts
- [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.5) — 46 parts
- [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.6) — 7 parts
- [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.7) — 27 parts
- [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.8) — 14 parts
- [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.9) — 35 parts

### [2.0.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.0.p1)

Veṅkaṭācalamāhātmyam  
Puruṣottamajagannāthamāhātmyam  
Badarikāśramamāhātmyam  
Kārtikamāsamāhātmyam  
Mārgaśīrṣamāsamāhātmyam  
Bhāgavatamāhātmyam  
Vaiśākhamāsamāhātmyam  
Ayodhyāmāhātmyam  
Vāsudevamāhātmyam

### [2.0.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.0.p2)

Single file source of the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa

### [2.0.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.0.p3)

Chapter 1

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Chapter 2

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 4

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 6

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Chapter 7

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Chapter 8

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Chapter 9

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Chapter 10

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Chapter 11

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Chapter 12

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Chapter 13

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Chapter 14

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Chapter 15

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Chapter 16

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Chapter 17

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Chapter 18

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Chapter 19

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Chapter 20

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Chapter 21

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Chapter 22

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Chapter 23

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Chapter 24

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Chapter 25

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Chapter 26

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Chapter 27

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Chapter 28

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Chapter 29

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Chapter 30

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Chapter 31

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Chapter 32

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Chapter 33

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Chapter 34

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Chapter 35

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Chapter 36

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Chapter 37

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Chapter 38

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Chapter 39

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Chapter 40

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Table of Contents

### [2.1.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13)

Veṅkaṭācalamāhātmya.  
Nārada's vision of Yajñavarāha on the summit of Sumeru.  
In the holy Naimiṣāraṇya, Śaunaka and the other great seers / performed a twelve-year sacrificial session for the protection of the world. // 1  
To them came the story-teller, the pupil of Vyāsa of great intellect, / the sage named Ugraśravas, born of Romaharṣaṇa. // 2  
Being duly worshipped by them, Sūta, the best of Purāṇa reciters, / narrated that divine Purāṇa named Skanda. // 3  
He related in detail the story of the creation, dissolution, and lineages, / of the deeds of the dynasties, and of the manvantaras. // 4  
Having heard the stories of the powers of the sacred fords, those foremost of sages / spoke to the self-controlled Sūta, eager to hear \[more\] stories. // 5  
The seers said:  
"O Romaharṣaṇa, all-knowing one, skilled in the meaning of the Purāṇas! / We wish to hear the māhātmya of the great mountains on earth. / Tell us, O fortunate one, which are the foremost mountains?" // 6  
Śrī Sūta said:  
"Formerly, on the bank of the Ganges, I asked this very question / to Vyāsa, the foremost of great sages; that best of teachers spoke to me." // 7  
Vyāsa said:  
"Formerly, in the age of the gods, O Sūta, Nārada, the best of sages, / having gone to the summit of Sumeru, shining with various jewels, // 8  
and having seen in its center the vast, radiant, divine abode of Brahmā, / saw to its north an excellent pippala tree, // 9  
a thousand yojanas high and twice as broad. / At its base was a divine pavilion, adorned with various gems, // 10  
adorned with thousands of ruby pillars, / with rows of auspicious emblems made of beryl and pearls, // 11  
strown with the nine jewels, beautified by divine archways, / filled with auspicious beasts and birds made of the nine jewels, // 12  
having a great gate of topaz, a gateway tower of seven storeys, / beautified by two doors well-fashioned from radiant diamonds. // 13

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Having entered, he saw within a divine pavilion of pearls;

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the great sage ascended a lofty platform of beryl. // 14

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In its center, lofty, peerless, adorned with eight legs,

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he saw a throne covered with pearls, of great splendor. // 15

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In its center was a divine lotus, adorned with a thousand petals,

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white, lustrous as a thousand moons, bright with pericarp and filaments. // 16

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Seated in its center, with the brilliance of ten thousand full moons,

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having the form of Mount Kailāsa, handsome, having a human form, // 17

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four-armed, with noble limbs, an auspicious boar-face,

### [2.1.1.13\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_10)

bearing the conch, discus, and gestures of granting safety and boons, the Supreme Person, // 18

### [2.1.1.13\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_11)

the god wearing yellow garments, with eyes long like lotus petals,

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with a gentle face like the full moon, his lotus mouth fragrant with incense, // 19

### [2.1.1.13\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_13)

sounding with the Sāma Veda, the embodiment of sacrifice, with a snout like a offering ladle and a nose like a sacrificial spoon,

### [2.1.1.13\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_14)

resembling the ocean of milk, with his face radiant with a diadem, // 20

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with the śrīvatsa mark on his chest, adorned with a bright sacred thread,

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blazing with the splendor of the Kaustubha gem, having an elevated, broad chest, // 21

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endowed with divine ornaments of excellent jewels made of gold,

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radiant like an autumn cloud encircled by garlands of lightning, // 22

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splendid on a footstool pressed by the sole of his left foot,

### [2.1.1.13\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_20)

ever brilliant with bracelets, armlets, upper-arm bands, and earrings, // 23

### [2.1.1.13\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_21)

by the four-faced \[Brahmā\], Vasiṣṭha, Atri, Mārkaṇḍeya, and other lords of sages,

### [2.1.1.13\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_22)

and by Bhṛgu and many others, served day and night, // 24

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and by the world-guardians headed by Indra, and hosts of gandharvas and apsarases—

### [2.1.1.13\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_24)

having approached and bowed down to that God of gods thus served, // 25

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and having praised the Supporter of the Earth with divine passages from the Upaniṣads,

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Nārada, exceedingly pleased, stood in the presence of the god. // 26

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Now the arrival of Dharaṇī before Varāha.

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In the meantime, there arose the sound of divine kettledrums. // 27

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Then goddess Dharaṇī came there together with her companions,

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radiant in divine garments resembling an ocean of excellent jewels, // 28

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bent low under the weight of breasts shaped like Sumeru and Mandara,

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dark as fresh dūrvā grass blades, adorned with all ornaments, // 29

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accompanied indeed by her two friends Ilā and Piṅgalā.

### [2.1.1.13\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_34)

Then, scattering at the feet of the glorious god Varāha

### [2.1.1.13\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_35)

the heap of flowers brought by those two, the Earth, // 30

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having bowed to the God of gods, stood with joined palms. // 31

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Then the glorious Varāha, having embraced that goddess and placed her on his lap, // 32

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Now the dialogue of Dharaṇī and Varāha.

### [2.1.1.13\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_39)

asked the Earth about her welfare, his mind disposed to affection. // 33

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Glorious Varāha said:

### [2.1.1.13\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_41)

"Having placed you, O goddess Earth, upon the comfortable head of Śeṣa,

### [2.1.1.13\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_42)

and having established the world upon you, and mountains as your helpers,

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I have come here, O goddess. For what purpose have you come here?" // 34

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The Earth said:

### [2.1.1.13\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_45)

"Having lifted me up from Pātāla onto the lofty, jeweled head of Ananta,

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adorned with a thousand hoods, as if onto a jewel-seat,

### [2.1.1.13\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_47)

and having made me firmly fixed, O god, and having established the mountains // 35

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capable of bearing me, holy, identical with you, O Supreme Person,

### [2.1.1.13\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_49)

tell me of the foremost among them, O mighty-armed one, that are my supports." // 36

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Now the description of Śeṣācala surpassing all mountains.

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Glorious Varāha said:

### [2.1.1.13\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_52)

"Sumeru, Himavat, Vindhya, Mandara, Gandhamādana,

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Sālagrāma, Citrakūṭa, Mālyavat, Pāriyātra, // 37

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Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Siṃhādri, and Raivata,

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and the great golden mountain named Añjana, the son of Meru— // 38

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all these excellent mountains are your supports, O Vasundharā,

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which are frequented by me, and by hosts of gods, and by hosts of seers. // 39

### [2.1.1.13\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_58)

Among these I will declare the foremost in truth; listen, O Mādhavī:

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Sālagrāma, Siṃhādri, and Gandhamādana, the king of mountains..." // 40

### [2.1.1.13\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_60)

These best of mountains, O goddess, are situated in the northern direction;

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now I shall describe the famous mountains in the south, O Vasundharā: // 41

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Aruṇādri, Hastiśaila, Gṛdhrādri, Ghaṭikācala—

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all these best of mountains stand near the Kṣīranadī. // 42

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To the north of Hastiśaila, at a distance of five yojanas,

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flows the foremost of rivers, named Suvarṇamukharī. // 43

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On its northern bank is a lake called Kamala;

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on its shore dwells the blessed lord Hari, granter of boons to Śuka, // 44

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joined by Balabhadra—Kṛṣṇa, who destroys the distress of his devotees,

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perpetually worshipped by the immaculate hosts of Vaikhānasa sages. // 45

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To the north of Lake Kamala, in an excellent forest,

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at a distance of just two and a half krośas, adorned with yellow-sandal trees,

### [2.1.1.13\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_72)

is the great abode of Vāsudeva named Śrīveṅkaṭācala. // 46

### [2.1.1.13\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_73)

Seven yojanas in breadth, one yojana high,

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this lord of mountains is golden, O goddess, possessing peaks of jewels and extending far. // 47

### [2.1.1.13\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_75)

Hosts of gods beginning with Indra, lords of sages beginning with Vasiṣṭha,

### [2.1.1.13\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_76)

Siddhas, Sādhyas, and Maruts, Dānavas, Daityas, and Rākṣasas,

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and troops of apsarases beginning with Rambhā dwell there constantly, O earth; // 48

### [2.1.1.13\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_78)

Nāgas, Garuḍas, and Kinnaras perform austerity there.

### [2.1.1.13\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_79)

Occupied by these, sacred-looking rivers are there,

### [2.1.1.13\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_80)

and various divine lakes exist here, O Mādhavī. // 49

### [2.1.1.13\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_81)

Now the description of the superiority of Svāmipuṣkariṇī over all sacred fords.

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Hear indeed the foremost among all the sacred fords: // 50

### [2.1.1.13\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_83)

Cakratīrtha, Daivatīrtha, and likewise Viyadgaṅgā,

### [2.1.1.13\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_84)

Kumāradhārikātīrtha, and Pāpanāśana,

### [2.1.1.13\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_85)

the sacred ford named Pāṇḍava, and likewise Svāmipuṣkariṇī— // 51

### [2.1.1.13\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_86)

these seven, they say, are the best on the auspicious Nārāyaṇagiri.

### [2.1.1.13\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_87)

Foremost among these, O goddess, is the auspicious Svāmipuṣkariṇī. // 52

### [2.1.1.13\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_88)

On its western bank I reside together with you;

### [2.1.1.13\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_89)

on its southern bank dwells Śrīnivāsa, the lord of the world. // 53

### [2.1.1.13\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_90)

Equal to all sacred fords including the Gaṅgā is that lake, O earth ocean-clad;

### [2.1.1.13\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_91)

whatever sacred fords, lakes, and rivers there are in the three worlds,

### [2.1.1.13\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_92)

lordship over them has accrued to the Svāmisarovara, O earth. // 54

### [2.1.1.13\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_93)

To serve the holy Svāmipuṣkariṇī on this divine mountain,

### [2.1.1.13\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_94)

all the sacred fords reside; I shall tell you their number: // 55

### [2.1.1.13\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_95)

there are sixty-six crores of sacred fords on this sacred, best of mountains;

### [2.1.1.13\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_96)

and among them, six sacred fords are paramount, O Vasundharā. // 56

### [2.1.1.13\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_97)

Among five kingly fords, the great Tumba is like a womb;

### [2.1.1.13\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_98)

it destroys the fear of entering the womb for those who bathe \[there\] on this best of mountains. // 57

### [2.1.1.13\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_99)

Dharaṇī said:

### [2.1.1.13\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_100)

Six sacred fords on the mountain have been mentioned by you, O mighty-armed one;

### [2.1.1.13\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_101)

tell me their māhātmya, along with the proper time and the proper injunction,

### [2.1.1.13\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_102)

and tell \[me\] the fruits for men who bathe in them, O maintainer of the earth. // 58

### [2.1.1.13\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_103)

The glorious Varāha said:

### [2.1.1.13\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_104)

I shall tell the māhātmya of Nārāyaṇādri; hear, O Mādhavī: // 59

### [2.1.1.13\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_105)

gods, seers, and yogins beginning with Sanaka,

### [2.1.1.13\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_106)

and wise men declare this mountain to be the abode of the Supreme Self—

### [2.1.1.13\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_107)

as Añjanādri in the Kṛta age, Nārāyaṇagiri in the Tretā age, / Siṃhaśaila in the Dvāpara, and Śrīveṅkaṭācala in the Kali age. // 60–61

### [2.1.1.13\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_108)

The wise here declare that mountain to be the abode of the Supreme Self.

### [2.1.1.13\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_109)

Even one stationed at the end of a thousand yojanas or gone to another continent,

### [2.1.1.13\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_110)

who bows in devotion facing in the direction of this lord of mountains,

### [2.1.1.13\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_111)

is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Viṣṇu. // 62

### [2.1.1.13\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_112)

I will describe to you the māhātmya of the six sacred fords there, according to the proper time. // 63

### [2.1.1.13\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_113)

Now the māhātmya of Kumāradhārā.

### [2.1.1.13\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_114)

Listen attentively, O auspicious one, \[to what\] destroys all sins:

### [2.1.1.13\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_115)

when the sun resides in Aquarius, in the month of Māgha, on the great lunar day of the full moon, // 64

### [2.1.1.13\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_116)

joined with the Maghā asterism, on this lord of mountains, O Vasundharā,

### [2.1.1.13\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_117)

there is a pool named Kumāradhārikā that purifies the world, // 65

### [2.1.1.13\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_118)

where dwells Pārvatī's son, Kārttikeya, who was born from fire,

### [2.1.1.13\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_119)

joined with Devasenā, worshipping Śrīnivāsa, O pure one. // 66

### [2.1.1.13\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_120)

Hear the fruit of merit of one who bathes in it at midday:

### [2.1.1.13\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_121)

One who bathes with regularity in all sacred fords such as the Gaṅgā, O Earth,

### [2.1.1.13\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_122)

for twelve years, O supporter of the world, obtains that very fruit.

### [2.1.1.13\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_123)

One who gives food at that sacred ford according to one's capacity, accompanied by a fee,

### [2.1.1.13\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_124)

reaps that same fruit, just as the fruit has been described for the ritual ablution.

### [2.1.1.13\_125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_125)

Now, the māhātmya of the Tumba sacred ford.

### [2.1.1.13\_126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_126)

When the sun is stationed in the Mānasa, on the full moon day, O Earth,

### [2.1.1.13\_127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_127)

conjoined with Uttarāphālgunī, at the fourth auspicious period,

### [2.1.1.13\_128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_128)

among the five sacred fords, then at Tumba in the mountain cave,

### [2.1.1.13\_129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_129)

the person who bathes, O goddess, is not born into a womb again.

### [2.1.1.13\_130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_130)

Now, the māhātmya of Ākāśagaṅgā.

### [2.1.1.13\_131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_131)

When the sun is in the constellation of Agnivāha, conjoined with the Citrā nakṣatra,

### [2.1.1.13\_132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_132)

on the holy lunar day called the full moon, and likewise at dawn,

### [2.1.1.13\_133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_133)

having bathed in the river Ākāśagaṅgā, one attains liberation.

### [2.1.1.13\_134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_134)

Now, the māhātmya of the Pāṇḍava sacred ford.

### [2.1.1.13\_135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_135)

When the sun is in Taurus, in the month of Vaiśākha, on the twelfth lunar day, on a Sunday,

### [2.1.1.13\_136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_136)

whether in the bright or dark fortnight, conjoined with Tuesday;

### [2.1.1.13\_137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_137)

or in the bright or dark \[fortnight\] conjoined with Sunday,

### [2.1.1.13\_138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_138)

or conjoined with the Puṣya nakṣatra or conjoined with the Hasta constellation:

### [2.1.1.13\_139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_139)

the person who bathes here at the sacred ford named Pāṇḍava at morning-time

### [2.1.1.13\_140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_140)

incurs no suffering in this world, and enjoys happiness in the next.

### [2.1.1.13\_141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_141)

Now, the māhātmya of the Pāpanāśana sacred ford.

### [2.1.1.13\_142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_142)

In the bright or dark fortnight, a seventh lunar day falling on Sunday,

### [2.1.1.13\_143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_143)

conjoined with the Puṣya nakṣatra or conjoined with the Hasta constellation:

### [2.1.1.13\_144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_144)

on that lunar day, O fortunate one, in the one named Pāpanāśana,

### [2.1.1.13\_145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_145)

the sacred ford on the summit of the king of mountains, one who bathes with regularity

### [2.1.1.13\_146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_146)

—that best of men is released from sins accumulated over ten million births.

### [2.1.1.13\_147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_147)

Now, the māhātmya of the Deva sacred ford.

### [2.1.1.13\_148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_148)

Hear the supreme secret, O goddess, on the great mountain named Ananta:

### [2.1.1.13\_149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_149)

to the northwest of my divine abode, on the peak, in a mountain cave,

### [2.1.1.13\_150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_150)

is an exceedingly beautiful pool known as the Deva sacred ford.

### [2.1.1.13\_151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_151)

I shall tell you the time for ritual ablution in that most holy \[place\], O goddess:

### [2.1.1.13\_152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_152)

when Puṣya falls on a Thursday, at a Vyatīpāta, and likewise when Śravaṇa falls on a Monday—

### [2.1.1.13\_153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_153)

hear the fruit of merit of one who bathes on these days:

### [2.1.1.13\_154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_154)

Whatever sins are committed here through knowledge or ignorance,

### [2.1.1.13\_155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_155)

all of them are destroyed at the exceedingly purifying Deva sacred ford.

### [2.1.1.13\_156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.1.13_156)

Merits also increase from bathing in the Deva sacred ford;

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